María Alba
Seeing a major hockey league game in Finland
In Finland there are no big football teams, although interest from young people is increasing, but with the weather, it would be hard to play games outside. The national sport is hockey and during my year in Finland I was lucky that many friends, most of Kuopio, recommended going to see a major league game: The KalPa (the Kuopio) - SaiPa (in Lappeenranta), the official stadium KalPa Kuopio is known as Niiralan Monttu and called Jäähalli Kuopio (Kuopio Ice Hall). It is a 5225 capacity stadium, of which half sitting and half standing. In Finland the inputs are 50% for students and it only cost 10 euros towalk around without a seat in but good, but that I did not care, not exactly remember how much I paid.
The tradition is to drink beer (Olut) and have a sausage (makkara in Finnish) with mustard and ketchup, with bread or no bread, no bread more normal. And of course, you'll see the Finn in all its glory, with its traditional cursing cries when something goes wrong ... The truth is that it was fun and I remember it as one of the best experiences of my time there, but the truth is I still do not know very well the rules of hockey ...
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